La tragédie de Salomé (The Tragedy of Salome / 1907 Schmitt), ballet

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La tragédie de Salomé, op. 50 <French> / The Tragedy of Salome (1907) is a ballet music by Florent Schmitt (mus.).

Abstract

Composed in 1907 as ballet music, La tragédie de Salomé is Florent Schmitt’s most famous composition. Today, it is more often performed as a symphonic suite, according to the shortened version that Schmitt himself prepared in 1910.

Editions, premieres

The ballet premiered in Paris, France: Théâtre des Arts, 9 November 1907.

The suite premiered in Paris, France: Orchestre Colonne, 8 January 1911. The score was published by Durant in 1912.

Performance History (ballet)

Performance History (suite)

The suite premiered in Paris in 1911, under the baton of Gabriel Pierné, who in 1895 had himself composed a Salome ballet. Even since, the suite has been often performed and recorded in Europe and the United States.

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